thomashjensen

This show is pretty terrible. The story is confusing AND boring. The characters are bland. The animation is basic and uninspired. Then episode 21 came along and everything changed. Not really. Honestly, the episode is still pretty bad, but short bursts of awesome animation and bad ass fight scenes won me over. It's like they brought in completely different people to do 15 second bits interspersed through the regular bad stuff. In fact, I'm positive that's what they did. Episode 22 too. Watch episode 20 for context.

Studio Shaft of Bakemonogatari fame try their hand at the Fate series. Like everything Fate, the story is a mess and explores a bunch of needlessly complicated ideas that really aren't that interesting. Like everything Shaft puts out, the animation is quirky and beautiful, and the cinematography is fun and interesting. This show is not for everyone. If you like you like the Fate series, you should give it a shot. If you like studio Shaft, you should give it a shot. If you like both, this is a must watch. Oh, and the voice acting is great.